Three Designers Plan to Put a Pool in the East River
+Pool from GYLo on Vimeo. NEW YORK—Summers in New York are so hot and humid, for many, jumping into the water is the best way to avoid the heat. Two years ago, people…
Reinventing the Rainbow
Listeners Redesign the Gay Flag NEW YORK—Last night the New York state legislature passed the Marriage Equality Act. Once Gov. Cuomo signs the bill (legalizing gay marriage has been one of his signature…
MoMA Asks Visitors to Leave Their Mark
NEW YORK—I stopped by the MoMA design store this evening and discovered this fabulous collaborative art project. The installation fronts a vacant lot on 53rd Street on the west side of MoMA. Earlier…
Warhol ‘Collaborates’ with Postal Service
NEW YORK—Every time I walk down 14th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in the West Village, the site of this U.S. Postal Service mailbox emblazoned with a faded Manhattan Clam Chowder illustration—an…
Ruan Hoffmann Plates on Exhibit at Anthropologie
NEW YORK—A cascade of 100 extraordinary ceramic plates by South African artist Ruan Hoffmann is on display in the Anthropologie Gallery at the store’s Rockefeller Center location. The colorful exhibit of free-form plates…
